Keerthi Kancharla is the winner of The Christie’s You Made a Difference Award for November 2025.
The following comments were made about Keerthi in the November nominations. Judges picked her out as a very deserving winner and said that the comments made about her showed how she represents The Christie values and behaviours.
“Keerthi is one of 16 admin staff members in our large haematology research team. Her position is a clinical trial coordinator fulfilling a role that requires excellent teamworking and interpersonal skills. She works alongside our clinical team of nurses and clinicians and liaises with many of our external industry partners putting her research knowledge into practice on a daily basis. Keerthi started with us in November 2023 and has been a joy to have on the team from the very beginning. She is polite, thorough and completes every task to the highest standard ensuring we effectively deliver clinical trials to our patients.
“The clinical trial coordinator role is definitely one that keeps us busy! Staff need to have sound organisational and time management skills; planning their day to meet deadlines whilst also being ready to change priorities in an ever moving and evolving landscape; sometimes at the drop of a hat. Keerthi has her own portfolio of trials and is responsible for ensuring data is recorded in a timely, accurate manner to ensure trial efficacy. She works incredibly well with the consultant principal investigators and lead study nurses as well as our wider research colleagues. She has certainly been an asset to us, and it has been a privilege to be part of her development and to see her grow in confidence over the past 2 years.
“I think this award demonstrates Keerthi's kind, thoughtful and always willing to help nature. She always welcomes the opportunity to help where she can and does so with a smile and a genuine kindness that exudes from within. She has been an invaluable help to the research nursing team where she has stepped up to offer support with some of their admin preparations to help free up their time to concentrate on their clinical duties, just getting on with the tasks with quiet humility.
